John Lewis

Advantages: Great range of services
Disadvantages: None

...John Lewis is a department store with 29 shops around the UK. They offer a wide range of high quality goods in departments such as: gifts, lighting, pictures, china and glass, linens, haberdashery, furnishing and fabrics, womenswear, lingerie, beauty, nursery, menswear, audio, toys and kitches/kitchenwear. Within the store they stock not only their own range of goods but also other branded names such as, Jigsaw, Joules, Levi and Warehouse in clothing, Bobbi Brown, Clarins and Clinique in the beauty section and Bose, Apple and Canon in electricals. As you can acertain they sell a wide range of products from knitting needles and wool to high end audio systems. All items are of great quality and if anything falls below the standard you will expect they have a great returns and refund policy with a flexible 28 days. They will even return...

rachieb123 12.10.2009 · Read review
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"Spirit" - Leona Lewis

Advantages: Great voice, great songs, fantastic reviews
Disadvantages: A couple of dissappointing tracks

...Being a huge fan of "The X Factor" (A UK Entertainment television show), I was a massive fan of the 2006 winner Leona Lewis, & absolutely loved her first single "A Moment Like This". However, it wasn't until the following November when Leona's album "Spirit" was released, following her hugely successful number one "Bleeding Love", which stayed at the top of the charts for a seven week run. TRACK LISTING Bleeding Love The second single to be released by Leona, this single was the best selling single of 2007, and due to it's international release, was also the best selling single of 2008. It has reached the top spot in an incredible 34 countries - and you can see why. It's a brilliant track, perfectly suited to Leona's voice, but with a tune and a sound that anyone would like. Young and the old alike are bound...

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John Lewis Wedding Service

Advantages: Great variety, great service
Disadvantages: None

...John Lewis Wedding Service John Lewis Wedding List I got married last year and probably one of the most exciting parts (ok marrying the love of my life was pretty exciting too but?..) was the gift list!! We didn't have to think for very long about where we wanted to go. We had considered Debenhams but they didn't have enough of a range to pick from and we wanted something a bit more upmarket shall we say! So, we decided upon John Lewis as they just have some lovely things in there. We got married in October so we went into the store in Milton Keynes in about August to set up the list. The list only goes live (this is when people can access it and actually buy you presents) a couple of months before the wedding so there is no point in doing it early. Also, as we were helpfully told, if you pick something very early to put...

Spottydog11 11.08.2008 · Read review
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The Monk - Matthew Lewis

Advantages: Fantastic read - Couldn't put down
Disadvantages: I couldn't find any even if you paid me...

.... The nuns who preach chastity, holiness and obedience to Gods laws are themselves participating in the ruin of at least one human life and are directly to blame for the death of her child. Ambrosio is supposedly the most religious man in the city, but he is obviously hypocritical, telling dedicated followers that they should follow Gods laws and not be full of pride, whilst at the same time his pride in himself is practically unrivalled. "How powerful an effect did my discourse produce upon its Auditors! How they crowded round me! How they loaded me with benedictions, and pronounced me the sole uncorrupted Pillar of the Church!" (Lewis 1998 pg 40). He then continues to describe his admiration for the painting he has of the Madonna, but he speaks only of the physical features presented in the painting, not the idea of the Virgin Mary. "I must...

sa.fraser 14.04.2008 · Read review
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No Morse with this Lewis. 2nd POLE,2nd WIN

Advantages: A true racer has come to F1.
Disadvantages: His season could still come undone.

...Another perect weekend for Lewis. Pole and the Win. He drove a faultless race, resisting pressure from Alonso. He has also won the hearts of American motorsport fans too. Go Lewis! Another chapter in the LH story. A superb win in a Canadian GP of twists and turns. Lewis kept his head when all around others, including Alonso, lost thiers. A well deserved first win. Well I have just watched Lewis's fantastic pole position drive in Canada. He has just demonstrated my faith that come the end of the season he will be a "Rookie Champion". Another milestone in this young man's amazing career. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- After the first three races...

getscenic 24.04.2007 (18.06.2007) · Read review
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Is John Lewis For Me?

Advantages: Classy, different, special.
Disadvantages: Shop assistants tend to be a bit pushy.

...I shopped at John Lewis for my first time, last year. Before I shopped there I had heard various stories and reports of this store. My viewpoint was that this was a posh store, a bit snooty and not really for me. Let me say, I have only been to a John Lewis store once and mainly shop on-line. John Lewis stores to visit are special shops, quite posh, but you feel good shopping there. My viewpoints have changed now and although I wouldn't shop at John Lewis all the time for special occasions and gifts it's very good. I was introduced to John Lewis with a £10 gift voucher off my first order of £20 or more. I bought a lovely vase for my friend, Laura. She was delighted with the quality yet simplicity and style of this vase. There were 3 vases of declining size which, when placed together made a complete looking vase...

Mickie26 26.09.2003 · Read review
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John Lewis?...A good Lewis

Advantages: Plenty of consumer choice
Disadvantages: Can sometimes pay a premium

...As I have written about John Lewis before in my Wedding List review I will not write a 4000 word essay, mainly because it will bore you and my fingers will fall off. I am basing all my assumptions on just the stores I have visited (around 4), of which mostly is the one in Milton Keynes. As with most department stores the shop is huge and you could very easily spend 3-4 hours looking through the entire 3 levels of goods they have to offer. My wife loves to browse everything even if she browsed the same stuff the week before. I have to admit there is something about John Lewis that appeals to me more than most other stores like Debenhams; I think it is because their products all ooze quality. The Store from the outside looks impressive; the window displays are always well designed and modern to keep up with the times. The John...

B_O_M_B_A 03.08.2008 · Read review
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John Lewis shopping how it should be

Advantages: Great value, great choice
Disadvantages: Not very many stores!

...John Lewis As I live and shop quite frequently at John Lewis Cheadle my review here will focus mainly on my experiences of that store although I have shopped at several John Lewis department stores. About John Lewis. John Lewis is a large chain of department stores across the UK with the flagship store being Oxford Street in London. The John Lewis partnership also operates the food store Waitrose. There are three stores in Scotland (Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow), there are four stores in the North of England including Cheadle, Newcastle, Sheffield and Liverpool. A brand new store at the Trafford Centre is opening in May 2005. In Central England you can find stores in Cambridge, Milton Keynes, Norwich, Nottingham, Solihull and Peterborough. In the capital you will find stores in Brent Cross, Kingston, Oxford...

nickjj78 23.04.2005 · Read review
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John Lewis is my shopping mecca

Advantages: friendliest staff you could meet, well established
Disadvantages: price matching is a bit suspect

...for shopping and shopping in John Lewis. Now to the pricing. I wouldn't say I buy everything I need in John Lewis as the pricing policy confuses me slightly. John Lewis is competitive but mainly with other high street stores and their policy of price matching means you have to fill in a form and give them details of where you found the price. So you can't buy an item until they have checked this out. This puts me off, so I have never tried this and do not know how long it can take. Furthermore, John Lewis does not price match with internet, which is reasonable. But the John Lewis internet site does not price match with other internet sites so I find that a bit bemusing! Also, I wouldn't say I agree with the "Never Knowingly Undersold" blanket quote across the whole of John Lewis John Lewis pricing never exceeds RRP, so if other...

jupiter28 27.03.2008 (28.03.2008) · Read review
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John Lewis's, I wish I was rich!

Advantages: Good stock, classier than Debenhams!
Disadvantages: Not many stores around

...I am getting married in March and have decided to go for a wedding list arrangement so that I don't receive 75 toasters / kettles etc, you get the picture. Also I think that it's nice to actually buy someone something they really want, rather than just crossing your fingers and hoping for the best. There were a number of shops where we could have hosted our list, or indeed we could have hosted our wedding list with a number of different stores through an online agency. We weighed up the pro's and con's of all of the options and the one that floated to the surface screaming 'pick me, pick me' was John Lewis. *****What's it like then***** The John Lewis I visited was a Solihull and was only opened in 2001. The store is 3 floors, with an art gallery above that has art for sale through the store. What I really appreciated was that...

josarah 09.11.2005 (01.02.2006) · Read review
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